VALVOLINE INC VVV
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 92047W101
American company of lubricants and additives
- SectorEnergy
- IndustryMiscellaneous Products of Petroleum & Coal
- HeadquartersLexington, KY
- Founded1866
- Websitevalvoline.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($42.9m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 127.1m as of 2025-08-01, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $35.91. Options: 7 managers hold calls ($7.6m notional), 4 hold puts ($488.2k).
Trends to Q3 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 353 |
| Q4 2022 | 377 |
| Q1 2023 | 370 |
| Q2 2023 | 376 |
| Q3 2023 | 345 |
| Q4 2023 | 381 |
| Q1 2024 | 417 |
| Q2 2024 | 408 |
| Q3 2024 | 441 |
| Q4 2024 | 433 |
| Q1 2025 | 419 |
| Q2 2025 | 413 |
| Q3 2025 | 413 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 173 | 167 |
| Q1 2024 | 180 | 193 |
| Q2 2024 | 180 | 177 |
| Q3 2024 | 233 | 157 |
| Q4 2024 | 194 | 214 |
| Q1 2025 | 183 | 224 |
| Q2 2025 | 212 | 197 |
| Q3 2025 | 183 | 187 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | $7.7m | $2.7m | 0.35 |
| Q1 2025 | $5.8m | $2.8m | 0.49 |
| Q2 2025 | $7.3m | $3.3m | 0.45 |
| Q3 2025 | $7.6m | $488.2k | 0.06 |
Biggest buyers
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC | Added | +2.0m |
| Boston Partners | Added | +1.6m |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | New | +903.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +680.1k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +524.7k |
| SCOPIA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | Added | +477.2k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +455.1k |
| Bain Capital Public Equity Management II, LLC | Added | +444.7k |
| COOKE & BIELER LP | Added | +419.1k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +412.2k |
Biggest sellers
| FIL Ltd | Reduced | -2.4m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -1.3m |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Reduced | -1.0m |
| Sculptor Capital LP | Reduced | -1.0m |
| Fiera Capital Corp | Sold out | -919.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -707.6k |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | Reduced | -418.3k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -363.6k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND | Reduced | -261.8k |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -238.4k |
Biggest calls
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $3.5m96.8k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $1.1m29.4k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $951.6k26.5k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $869.0k24.2k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $531.5k14.8k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $441.7k12.3k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | $226.2k6.3k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $380.6k10.6k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $79.0k2.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $25.0k700 shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Unchanged | $3.6k100 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.3% |
| Boston Partners 13G · institution +0.2 pts · filed 2026-08-04 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: WASATCH ADVISORS LP (4.8%, 2026-07-17), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q3 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 1 | $154.5k | 2 | $414.6k | $35.1k |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $102.8k | — |
| Q4 2024 | 2 | $494.1k | 1 | $76.6k | $76.6k |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 2 | $361.3k | $136.8k |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | $101.3k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 1 | $501.5k | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-14 | WILLIS J KEVIN Chief Financial Officer | Bought | $501.5k12.7k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q3 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 12.2m $439.1m | Reduced -127.4k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 12.0m $432.6m | Reduced -217.7k |
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP 1.98% of their portfolio | 10.2m $367.2m | Reduced -157.7k |
| Boston Partners 0.20% of their portfolio | 5.5m $198.8m | Added +1.6m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 5.5m $196.0m | Reduced -90.6k |
| FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT INC /WI/ 1.73% of their portfolio | 4.8m $170.6m | Reduced -25.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.0m $144.3m | Reduced -20.9k |
| Alua Capital Management LP 9.26% of their portfolio | 3.7m $134.2m | Unchanged |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.7m $133.4m | Added +680.1k |
| COOKE & BIELER LP 1.24% of their portfolio | 3.3m $119.8m | Added +419.1k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 3.1m $111.2m | Added +2.0m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.9m $105.2m | Reduced -12.3k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.9m $104.7m | Reduced -16.6k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.4m $86.6m | Added +85.8k |
| VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. 0.75% of their portfolio | 2.3m $82.1m | Reduced -166.5k |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. 0.42% of their portfolio | 2.3m $81.2m | Reduced -418.3k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.2m $79.1m | Added +412.2k |
| Channing Capital Management, LLC 2.04% of their portfolio | 2.2m $77.4m | Reduced -9.2k |
| Tensile Capital Management LP 9.33% of their portfolio | 2.1m $74.7m | Added +38.7k |
| Sculptor Capital LP 0.99% of their portfolio | 2.0m $71.8m | Reduced -1.0m |
| GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 1.20% of their portfolio | 1.9m $69.9m | Added +1.0k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.8m $65.5m | Added +524.7k |
| SNYDER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L P 1.18% of their portfolio | 1.7m $62.5m | Added +116.7k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.7m $61.5m | Added +4.8k |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC 0.40% of their portfolio | 1.5m $53.4m | Reduced -24.3k |
| Newport Trust Company, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.5m $52.9m | Reduced -41.2k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.47% of their portfolio | 1.3m $46.8m | Added +37.9k |
| COMMERCE BANK 0.25% of their portfolio | 1.2m $44.7m | Reduced -18.2k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $40.9m | Added +5.8k |
| HAWK RIDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 1.94% of their portfolio | 1.1m $40.6m | Added +392.6k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $40.4m | Added +312.9k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.0m $36.1m | Reduced -1.2k |
| SCOPIA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 5.01% of their portfolio | 993.3k $35.7m | Added +477.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 986.7k $35.4m | Reduced -363.6k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 953.2k $34.2m | Reduced -20.2k |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC 0.47% of their portfolio | 922.5k $33.1m | Added +28.3k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 903.7k $32.5m | New |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 899.4k $32.3m | Added +281.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 884.7k $31.8m | Reduced -23.4k |
| FIL Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 838.5k $30.1m | Reduced -2.4m |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 778.6k $28.0m | Reduced -3.6k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 760.5k $27.3m | Reduced -23.6k |
| Bain Capital Public Equity Management II, LLC 1.23% of their portfolio | 731.9k $26.3m | Added +444.7k |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 707.4k $25.4m | Reduced -13.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 683.3k $24.5m | Reduced -707.6k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.03% of their portfolio | 607.9k $21.8m | Reduced -261.8k |
| Aristotle Capital Boston, LLC 1.12% of their portfolio | 606.7k $21.8m | Added +79.6k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 555.2k $19.9m | Added +455.1k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 552.4k $19.8m | Reduced -6.9k |
| Leeward Investments, LLC - MA 0.97% of their portfolio | 530.6k $19.1m | Reduced -15.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 516.2k $18.5m | Added +132.9k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 501.9k $18.0m | Added +200.9k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 492.4k $17.7m | Added +39.9k |
| CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 490.6k $17.6m | Reduced -8.2k |
| Glenmede Investment Management, LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 474.8k $17.1m | Reduced -28.2k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 448.6k $16.1m | Added +34.6k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 419.6k $15.1m | Reduced -197.1k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 396.6k $14.2m | Reduced -5.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 361.3k $13.0m | Reduced -1.3m |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 361.2k $13.0m | New |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 352.7k $12.7m | Added +341.5k |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 334.7k $12.0m | Added +207.8k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 301.0k $10.8m | Added +113.2k |
| Aryeh Capital Management Ltd. 8.56% of their portfolio | 285.0k $10.2m | Added +64.5k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.03% of their portfolio | 283.5k $10.2m | Added +282.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 281.7k $10.1m | Reduced -7.6k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.13% of their portfolio | 262.3k $9.4m | Added +149.8k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.01% of their portfolio | 255.5k $9.2m | Added +4.3k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.01% of their portfolio | 250.0k $9.0m | New |
| PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 249.9k $9.0m | Reduced -1.0k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 241.1k $8.7m | New |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 234.1k $8.4m | Added +3.4k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 229.0k $8.2m | Added +228.3k |
| VELA Investment Management, LLC 2.25% of their portfolio | 217.7k $7.8m | Added +8.8k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 211.1k $7.6m | Reduced -2.6k |
| Bayberry Capital Partners LP 2.15% of their portfolio | 208.4k $7.5m | Added +95.8k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 196.3k $7.1m | Added +142.5k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 184.5k $6.6m | Added +20.1k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.00% of their portfolio | 179.2k $6.4m | Added +5.5k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 177.5k $6.4m | Reduced -1.0m |
| Resolute Capital Asset Partners LLC 3.29% of their portfolio | 175.0k $6.3m | Added +45.6k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 174.4k $6.3m | Reduced -22.7k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 166.8k $6.0m | New |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 165.4k $5.9m | Reduced -5.7k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 162.2k $5.8m | Reduced -33.8k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.02% of their portfolio | 153.7k $5.5m | Reduced -1.7k |
| CRAMER ROSENTHAL MCGLYNN LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 153.1k $5.5m | Reduced -16.4k |
| GATEWAY INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 151.7k $5.4m | Unchanged |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.02% of their portfolio | 142.6k $5.1m | Added +245 |
| KORNITZER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC /KS 0.10% of their portfolio | 139.8k $5.0m | Added +731 |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 138.2k $5.0m | Added +41.2k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 136.8k $4.9m | Reduced -73.7k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 136.3k $4.9m | Unchanged |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 133.5k $4.8m | Added +1.6k |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec 0.02% of their portfolio | 128.6k $4.6m | Reduced -8.9k |
| EVERETT HARRIS & CO /CA/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 119.4k $4.3m | Added +2.4k |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 117.6k $4.2m | Reduced -330 |
| Charter Oak Advisors LP 2.35% of their portfolio | 117.2k $4.2m | Unchanged |
| Crescent Park Management, L.P. 1.82% of their portfolio | 115.1k $4.1m | Reduced -7.7k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 113.7k $4.1m | Added +6 |